The traffic was stuck for an hour and he was becoming impatient. Tonight, was important for him and he did not want to lose his mind over traffic, before even seeing her once. He checked his backpack once again, the signal turned green. He smiled, relieved. He has this one chance, and he doesn’t want the god of traffic to spoil that.
He is looking for a girl, who does not know he exists, or the story that has brought him here. He has no reasons to be discreet but still he has to be careful. He is standing near the doorway and surveying the golden banquet hall, which is filled with refined bodies in saris and jackets, and beautiful young women with straight hair who never make facial expressions. But they will, soon. Any moment now.
She was hiding her eyes
under the brown locks, while looking at the floor. The banquet hall
is full, people chattering about business proposals, women chattering
about their shining diamond jewelries, she sighs, if only she could
escape and run to what she had left unfinished, her Alpine summit.
“Care to join me,
miss?” a voice with no diction suddenly spoke to her from behind.
“umm, I would love to,
but I am not in a mood to drink actually”, she tried to avoid the
situation.
“ah, thought so, how
about having some ‘dry’ dance then”
Before she knew, he got
hold of her hand, and slowly, made their way outward. Moonlit night,
away from the hustle bustle of the gathering.
She hated every
gathering, but she had to be there, visible, in her nicest midnight
blue ball gown. His hand slid smoothly through the hem in a
flirtatious way and her muscles finally started relaxing. He was
wearing a nice tuxedo, she noticed. The ring finger had nothing, she
giggled inwardly. She couldn’t smell any alcohol from him, hmm,
teetotaler? She was amused. He swirled her, bit off balance, as she
was lost in her thought, and before she realized he was holding her
tight.
“Let’s go outside,
and have some air, shall we?”
To be Contd...
